The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003 TV series)
The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It is the first installment of a trilogy produced by Zhang Jizhong, followed by The Return of the Condor Heroes (2006) and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2009). It was first broadcast on CCTV in China in 2003.
Cast
Li Yapeng as Guo Jing
Wang Meng as young Guo Jing
Zhou Xun as Huang Rong
Zhou Jie as Yang Kang
Jiang Qinqin as Mu Nianci
Ding Haifeng as Yang Tiexin
Zhao Liang as Zhou Botong
Sun Haiying as Hong Qigong
Cao Peichang as Huang Yaoshi
You Yong as Ouyang Feng
Wang Weiguo as Yideng
Zhang Jizhong as Wang Chongyang
Li Feng as Guo Xiaotian
He Qing as Bao Xiruo
Lü Liping as Li Ping
Bao Dazhi as Wanyan Honglie
Zhang Xiaojun as Chen Xuanfeng
Yang Liping as Mei Chaofeng
Liu Liwei as Ke Zhen'e
Yu Youchuan as Zhu Cong
Ba Te'er as Han Baoju
Yang Guanghua as Nan Xiren
Xie Ning as Zhang A'sheng
Wang Wei as Quan Jinfa
Zhao Feng as Han Xiaoying
Ba Sen as Temüjin (Genghis Khan)
Ba Yin as Jebe
A'Siru as Huazheng
Yuan Yundi as young Huazheng
Ma Liping as Jochi
Bate as Ögodei
Siqinbilige as Tolui
Meng Meng as young Tolui
Zhou Haodong as Qiu Chuji
Wang Gang as Wang Chuyi
Li Xiaomin as Ma Yu
Li Wei as Yin Zhiping
Xiu Qing as Ouyang Ke
Zhang Hengping as Lu Youjiao
Li Yu as Qiu Qianren
Wulan Baoyin as Lu Chengfeng
Ren Yuanyuan as Cheng Yaojia
Huang Chong as Lu Guanying
Liu Kui as Duan Tiande
Yang Niansheng as Liang Ziweng
Wang Wensheng as Hou Tonghai
Li Yihua as Sha Tongtian
Cui Yong as Peng Lianhu
Tong Ruimin as Wanyan Hongxi
Huang Xiaolei as Shagu
Liang Li as Yinggu
Yu Min
Kuk Kwok-leung
Featured songs
Tiandi Douzai Wo Xinzhong (天地都在我心中; Heaven and Earth in My Heart) performed by Qiu Ye
Zhenqing Zhenmei (真情真美; True Love Is Beautiful) performed by Sun Nan and Valen Hsu
Shangbieli (傷別離; The Pain of Separation) performed by Cao Hai
Niyuwo Gonghao (你與我共好; You and I Are Well) performed by Anita Mui
Jiandao Ni Zai Buhui Wang (見到你再不會忘; Will Not Forget You When I See You Again) performed by Li Yapeng and Zhou Xun
Synopsis:
Based on the classic martial arts novel by acclaimed writer Chin Yung.
The Guo and the Yang clan face brutal mass slaughter during the Southern Song era and all survivors scatter into the different directions afterwards. Guo Jing (Julian Cheung) the successor in the line of the Guo clan is full of sincerity and perseverance. What's more ever since his early childhood he has been trained in top secret martial arts and has enjoyed the deadly skills of the 18 Dragon Defeaters & the Path of Truth within the Nine Profundities that were taught to him by two masters. The superb martial arts scholar accidentally runs into the lively & charming Huang Rong (Atena Chu), which triggers a risky life and death romance!
Somewhere else Yang descendant Yang Kang (Gallen Lo) discovers the traces of the killers who were responsible for the killing of his family members and jumps on the scene vowing to get his revenge!
Review:
Scene and Scenery
The new scenery here was so breathtaking! I loved the Peach Blossom Island which was full of beautiful flowers and also the desert of Mongolia. But, there was something clumsy here. If you really take note of it, you will find that some scenes were repeated. Very confusing! Some scenes seemed to fill the next scene. Can you imagine that? Huh! However, the overall scenes still looked beautiful, nice, awesome.
Music
I love the music very much! I think it was suitable to the story. The opening theme was full of spirit, hard, and had a good beat. The singer sang it beautifully with his husky voice. Pretty good. The ending theme is the best song I've ever heard. It has a nice, romantic touch, and is nice to hear. What a lovely song!
Fighting
What a great fighting scenes! I think the fighting in this series looked so real. Guo Jing's 18 Dragon Palms and the Bones Claw of Mei Chao Feng were the best. They were so nice to see. Some fighting scenes annoyed me a little. When Hung Chi Kung and Ou Yang Feng fought on the sea, there were too many special effects which made the fighting scene look very bad! If you see the fighting scene between Yang Kang and Mu Nian Ci, you will find that it was very romantic.
Conclusion
Overall, CCTV's Legend of Condor Heroes 2003 is the best martial arts series I have ever seen. Don't you miss it, because it has a lot of new things of Jin Yong's work. I give it 4.5 star, because of some flaws in that series. I know it's not perfect, but almost!
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